The Industrial Commission of Ohio (IC) is proud to announce that it will be holding training sessions to explain planned changes to its continuance and docketing processes. During its recent Kaizen event, the IC worked directly with outside parties and employers to devise these process improvements.
"The training sessions will communicate the modifications to our docketing and continuance methods and outline a timeline for how the changes will be pursued," said IC Chairperson Gary DiCeglio.
Interested parties have two training sessions to choose from: Thursday, April 1 from 10am to 12pm or Monday, April 5 from 1pm to 3pm. The sessions will take place in the William Green Building Auditorium at 30 West Spring Street in Columbus.
To register for training, send an email to registration@ic.state.oh.us with the following information:
- Name(s)
- Law firm or company name
- Address
- Telephone number
- Fax number
- Email address
- Number of person(s) attending
- Preferred date of training
The IC will not hold hearings on Thursday, April 1, Friday, April 2 and Monday, April 5, 2010, to accommodate the training schedule and allow for a more efficient docketing process, as suggested by the improvement team.
These new procedural changes are the result of a Kaizen event held by the IC in January 2010. At the event, volunteers from the Industrial Commission of Ohio, Bureau of Workers' Compensation and outside interests worked together for a week to devise solutions to improve the IC's continuance and docketing processes.
Now that the Kaizen - which is Japanese for "to break for the better" - event is complete, the solutions derived by the volunteers can be viewed here.
If you have any questions about the training, please contact Hearing Services at (614) 466-8189